Research Catalog

Title

Phoenix dance [videorecording] / a film by Karina Epperlein.

Publication

c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Avila, Homer
• Avila, Homer.
• King, Alonzo
• King, Alonzo.
• Flores, Andrea
• Flores, Andrea.
• Epperlein, Karina.
• Knoop, John.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (39 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Homer Avila discusses his dance experiences, and his discovery and coping process involved with his cancer and subsequent surgery to remove his right leg and hip. Alonzo King discusses Avila's participation in his workshop, the reaction of the other participants, and the creation and rehearsal process for his work Pas, for Avila and Flores. Andrea Flores discusses working with Avila during the creation of Alonzo King's Pas which premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 2002 and was performed with AXIS Dance Company in Oakland later that year.
• Phoenix dance blends scenes from interviews, studio rehearsals, and the theatre performance of Alonzo King's Pas.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Patricia Paludanus.

Uniform Title

Pas (Choreographic work : King)

Subject

• Avila, Homer
• King, Alonzo
• Flores, Andrea
• Dancers with disabilities

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Two versions: Long and short.
• Dance excerpts include: It broke at dawn, choreographed and performed by Edisa Weeks and Homer Avila ; Pas, choreographed by Alonzo King and performed by Homer Avila and Andrea Flores. Includes rehearsal footage of the creation process of Alonzo King's Pas, that was choreographed for Homer Avila and Andrea Flores.

Credits (note)

• Produced and directed by Karina Epperlein ; photographed by Karina Epperlein, John Knoop ; edited by Karina Epperlein, Gina Leibrecht.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Biography (note)

• Homer danced until the night before he died of cancer on Apr. 25, 2004.

Contents

Phoenix dance (long version) (ca. 23 min.) -- Phoenix dance (short version) (ca. 16 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2408

OCLC

NYPY06-F200

Title

Phoenix dance [videorecording] / a film by Karina Epperlein.

Imprint

c2006.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Produced and directed by Karina Epperlein ; photographed by Karina Epperlein, John Knoop ; edited by Karina Epperlein, Gina Leibrecht.

Performer

Interviewees: Alonzo King, Homer Avila and Andrea Flores.

Biography

Homer danced until the night before he died of cancer on Apr. 25, 2004.

Local Subject

Videodance.

Added Author

Avila, Homer, dancer.

Avila, Homer. Interviewee

King, Alonzo, choreographer.

King, Alonzo. Interviewee

Flores, Andrea, dancer.

Flores, Andrea. Interviewee

Epperlein, Karina. Producer

Epperlein, Karina. Director

Epperlein, Karina. Photographer

Epperlein, Karina. Editor

Knoop, John. Photographer

Paludanus, Patricia. Donor

Added Title

Pas (Choreographic work : King)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2408